Time: Midday; after this
Location: a far edge of the city

Flink.

A tiny flame sprang to life and danced in the breeze. Shielding it, Patrick sucked in until the end of his cigarette was lit. In his mind he could see Kat narrowing her eyes in disgust. He had quit the habit because of her. Mostly. Sometimes he still had a cigarette or two when she wasn ( Read more... )

Alice was sitting in the middle of  a paking lot, cross legged, with her letter in her lap. She didn't much care about what the other her did at night, so long as she got those beautiful bunches of cotton candy she saw in her memories. She was more than content, especially now that she knew Jonathan was here somewhere. She knew because the other ( Read more... )

Time: DUSK to NIGHT
Location: Anywhere

The sun slips beneath the horizon and with its descent comes a darkness blacker than night. Plumes of darkness spill silently into the streets from the edges of the city, crawling and stretching like liquid spiderwebs, enshrouding all it touches like a veil pulled over the earth. Nothing and no one is spared ( Read more... )

Time: Day
Location: Anywhere in the city; though for new arrivals dropping in, it'll be somewhere near the frozen yogurt stand because life mocks you at every turn

Congratulations, young man/woman/abominable creature! Your day --and your life!-- is about to become much more entertaining, for you have been chosen at random by none other than the ( Read more... )